Untitled Quiz

She seemed to feel that a snooze at her desk was not an annoying habit but the _________________________ of a veteran employee.

• prerogative

• hiatus

• umbrage

• approbation

My broad hint that I had paid for the lessons myself brought smiles of ______________________ from all the judges at the piano recital.

• coalition

• approbation

• innuendo

• decadence

She hesitated to offer her opinion, fearing that they would take _____________________ at her criticism.

• unctuous

• hiatus

• umbrage

• assuage

The various community organizations formed a ____________ to lobby against parking laws.

• innuendo

• coalition

• umbrage

• hackneyed

An overworked parent may be unlikely to indulge the complaints of a _____________________ child.

• jaded

• provincial

• unctuous

• petulant

If you take pride in expressing yourself with force and originality, you should not use so many ___________________ phrases.

• jaded

• hackneyed

• elicit

• provincial

Her eyes told me that more than a few well-chosen words would be needed to ___________________ her hurt feelings.

• elicit

• jaded

• assuage

• simulate

They try to "prove" the __________________ of modern youth by emphasizing everything that is bad and ignoring whatever is good.

• decadence

• umbrage

• approbation

• prerogative

My attempt to __________________ information over the phone was met with a barrage of irrelevant recordings.

• simulate

• assuage

• transcend

• elicit

Since I don't like people who play favorites in the office, I have frequently _______________________ against such behavior with my superiors.

• assuaged

• jaded

• interceded

• expostulated